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"The
purchase of iNet should enable us to offer
end to end solutions to customers, companies
or organizations employing from 50 to 5000
people."
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| May
19, 2001 |
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Pentalog
High Tech has just taken control of the
iNet start-up which specializes in the edition
of automatic creation and management of
portal web-sites solutions.
President
of the board of directors, Frédéric L.
states the strategic motivations of this
take-over.
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Aleth D. :
Pentalog High Tech announces the take-over of the
iNet start-up. What are the strategic orientations
of this purchase ? |
| Frédéric
L. : We have been involved in the Inet file
from its origins. We thought the edition of automatic
creation and management of portal web-sites solutions
was a real good opportunity to develop our range
of associated services. |
Aleth D. : What
is the positioning of the Inet offer ? |
| Frédéric
Lasnier : From
what I know, and according to our benchmarking studies
we carried out the last few months, there is not
any portal creation solution available for Small
and medium businesses. Customers have no solution
but to invest in specific developments; they cannot
capitalize on any reliable and standardized solutions. |
Aleth D. : But
there are Commerce One, Broad Vision, Net Portals,
etc. |
| Frédéric
Lasnier :
Commerce One and Broad Vision do not deal with projects
under $ 3 million. Net.Portal is a strong tool for
contents' aggregation but it is not meant to be
an application platform. |
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Aleth D. :
What
opportunity does this take-over represents for
Pentalog High Tech ?
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| Frédéric
Lasnier : So
far, Pentalog High Tech has mainly been working
for International firms. The purchase of iNet should
enable us to offer end to end solutions to customers,
companies or organizations employing from 50 to
5000 people and also to offer departmental solutions
to International companies. |
Aleth D. : Would
you define the main advantages of this product ? |
| Frédéric
Lasnier :
First
of all, a complete Inter, Intra, Extra-net vocation.
I mean that the iNet product enables to build a
company web site database for either a one to one
or a B to B solution or an intranet solution which
creates a personalized work environment for users
and provides him with the information he needs.
Secondly I would say that it is one of the rare
solutions featured for crossed management of contents
and access i.e. The Port offers
security and traffic follow-up, but also improves
the study of users' behavior in terms of information
and publication needs with the help of artificial
intelligence.
Finally, the integration of work-flows allowing
content's publishing without the help of a web
master restores the power of executive managers
and generates an increase in the productivity
of the information system, therefore the information
process becomes faster and less expensive.
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Aleth D. : What
is the advantage of this software in terms of costs
of development for companies? |
| Frédéric
Lasnier : The
cost of service being reduced of 60% they will get
a 40% discount on average compared to specific developments. |
Aleth D. : Is
there any order already placed? |
| Frédéric
Lasnier : So
far, the solution has already been sold to 7 customers
whose turnovers spread from 10 millions to 30 billions
Euro, as a departmental portal or intranet B to
B solution, two local partnerships are being discussed
in France and in New-York. All these partners can
profit from low-price development opportunities,
by participating in the "The Port
- Early Adopters" program. |
Aleth D. : Is
it the reason of your latest business trip in the
United-States ? |
| Frédéric
Lasnier : Yes.
We have been presenting The Port -
the name of the product - in New-York and in the
Silicon Valley where substantial projects are being
studied. |
Aleth D. : What
about Quid by Pentalog ? |
| Frédéric
Lasnier : Pentalog
High Tech will be a The Port 's application
developer partner, as some others will be ASP or
integrator. |
Aleth D. : Official
launching of the product ? |
| Frédéric
Lasnier : The
14th September at midnight,
the first pack will be deliverable. |
| More
information: INet
website |
| Contact
: Hélène
Hemery |
